Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (Procédure de pre-pack)

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 28 April 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden – Netherlands) – Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging v Heiploeg Seafood International BV, Heitrans International BV(Case C-237/20) 1(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2001/23/EC – Articles 3 to 5 – Transfers of undertakings – Safeguarding of employees’ rights – Exceptions – Insolvency proceedings – ‘Pre-pack’ – Survival of an undertaking – Transfer of (part of) an undertaking following a declaration of insolvency preceded by a pre-pack)Language of the case: Dutch Referring court Hoge Raad der Nederlanden Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging Defendant: Heiploeg Seafood International BV, Heitrans International BVOperative part of the judgment Article 5(1) of Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees’ rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses must be interpreted as meaning that the condition which it lays down, according to which Articles 3 and 4 of that directive are not to apply to the transfer of an undertaking where the transferor is the subject of bankruptcy proceedings or any analogous insolvency proceedings ‘instituted with a view to the liquidation of the assets of the transferor’, is satisfied where the transfer of all or part of an...